Last Chance : Preserving Life on Earth.
Title:
Last Chance : Preserving Life on Earth.
Author:
Schweiger, Larry J.
ISBN:
9781555918057
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (272 pages)
Series:
Speaker's Corner
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword xiii -- Preface xvii -- Acknowledgmentsxix -- Part I: the Science and the rapidly approaching reality Chapter 1: Closer Than You Think 15 -- Chapter 2: What Happens in Greenland Will Not Stay in Greenland 45 -- Part II: the Victims, the Perpetrators, and the enablers Chapter 3: Struggling Ecosystems Are Facing Global Warming 65 -- Chapter 4: On Thin Ice 77 -- Chapter 5: The Greatest Show on Earth 89 -- Chapter 6: In the Absence of Light 107 -- Part III: Time for renewal and immed Iate action Chapter 7: Renewing, Recharging, and Rebuilding America 131 -- Chapter 8: Putting the Black Back in Our Soils 167 -- Chapter 9: The Role of Environmental Education 179 -- Chapter 10: Last Chance 195 -- Notes 211 -- Further Reading and Action 235 -- Index 241.
Abstract:
How global warming threatens life in all its forms and what actions we must take now.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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